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Though it was meant to be announced officially sometime during this week's Anime Expo 2015 convention, the appearance of an AX shuttle bus wrap revealed plans for the Parasyte anime to make its way to Toonami.

Oh, babies. Their chubby little malleable faces bring so much joy to everyone around them. . . When the babies themselves are not screaming and crying of course. One Japanese father recently recorded himself turning his baby daughter's face into a...

This week's issue of Jump announces the addition of two more characters to the roster of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven. The latest to join in on the fighting action are Part II: Battle Tendency's Lisa Lisa and Part III: Stardust Crusade...

Tales of Symphonia HD is coming to PC, Bandai Namco have announced. The PC release will be based off the HD version released last year, and will be available sometime in 2016. As previously reported, Tales of Zestiria is also coming to Steam and w...

The official website for ufotable's upcoming anime adaptation of Bandai Namco's God Eater series has announced that the premiere of the series' first episode has been delayed by one full week. Instead of the first episode on July 5th, a special br...

Utada Hikaru has announced on her official website that she has given birth to a healthy baby boy! Back in 2014 Utada married Francesco Calliano, an Italian bartender. The name of the baby and date of birth was not mentioned in the announcement.

After revelations of a Death Note TV series being announced, pictures and actors being released, fans have been disgruntled by the faithfulness to the source material. Death Note is a manga turned anime and subsequently live action movies about a ...

Among Viz Media's announcements at Anime Expo earlier today was the acquisition of the One-Punch Man anime. Based on the manga by Yusuke Murata and ONE-also released in North America by Viz-the series is "coming soon," and you can see an English-s...

Draws distinction between copyrights & trademarks, which it must enforce or lose North American anime distributor Funimation is issuing the following statement on fan art and intellectual property - particularly trademarks - on Wednesday.

As the summer is just beginning, more and more idol MVs filmed on the beach or poolside have been coming out lately and it's not just in Japan! It looks like Team NII and HII from SNH48 may have filmed their version of AKB48's classic summer song ...

And yes, the prints are officially licensed by Lucasfilm. Part of a crowdfunding project on Makuake. com, these limited-edition woodblock prints were designed by artist Masami Ishikawa, engraved by master engravers, and handprinted by a master pri...

According to the official website, a new original TV anime, entitled 'Concrete Revolutio Choujin Gensou', has been announced from studio Bones. The new project will be directed by Seiji Mizushima. It is slated to begin broadcast in October 2015.

June was another slow month, possibly due to some last minute voting for AKB48's annual Senbatsu Sousenkyo single "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" spilling over from May. Perhaps it was due to the (relatively dry so far) rainy season setting back filmin...

This weekend's event, such as Paris' Japan Expo, are offering a look at BONES' new original anime Concrete Revolutio Chojin Genso. Fullmetal Alchemist and Un-Go director/writer collaborators Seiji Mizushima and Sho Aikawa are back at the studio fo...

You may not have noticed, but a lot of advertising for anime and video games revolves around boobs, almost as if the marketing plan is trying to build up escape velocity to break free of the gravitational pull of the female cast's breasts.

Crunchyroll added another show to its summer 2015 anime simulcast lineup today with Ushio and Tora. Air date and time for the first episode have yet to be confirmed, but we'll keep you posted as soon as details are ready.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced at its Anime Expo panel on Thursday that it will release the Digimonstory Cybersleuth PlayStation 4/PlayStation Vita game in North and South America in 2016.

Sentai Filmworks is getting their first anime series on Cartoon Network this October with the debut of Parasyte -the maxim- via Toonami, the hugely popular Adult Swim™ anime block. Since it's a bit off, no details are available about it yet in reg...

Share. Shut up and take my rupees! By erich schuler Akira Himekawa, the name of a two-person team of manga creators, announced it's returning to the Legend of Zelda manga series after a seven-year hiatus.

TOKYOPOP has been on a slow build for a couple of years now with what they've been doing since they effectively shuttered their doors with traditional manga and let almost all of their licenses go. They've been bringing out OEL manga through digit...

Written by: William on July 2, 2015 at 5:49 pm | In CULTURE | No Comments We recently featured a beautiful video featuring miniatures of traditional Japanese architecture and gardens. Well, here's the modern-day version!

Lots of countries are good at Vine. It should be no surprise that Japan is one of them. Below, you can see some of the well-known and interesting Japanese Vines from the past year or so, collected via Naver Matome and, well, Vine.

Chinese news program Focus Today recently ran a short segment accusing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of seeking war with China, which further went on to describe the arsenal of weaponry the villainous country has at its disposal - including a...

By Ishaan . July 2, 2015 . 2:09am Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden is headed to the West, and Bandai Namco have released an English trailer for the Arc System Works fighter. You can watch it above. Additionally, Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden is get...

Japanese rock band URBANGARDE made their USA debut at A-Kon 2016 in Dallas, Texas, earlier this month, performing for an audience of 2000 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. Fans welcomed the group to the stage by waving a mass of flags showing URBANGARD...

Flash July 7 One key element in the creation of the widespread popularity of all-girl idol group AKB48 and its affiliates is the fact that fans can actually meet the members at events. This pseudo-intimacy has necessitated that members maintain a ...

Unlike the previous Onechanbara games released in the West, Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is a faster paced and has a combo system that lets you switch between the bikini clad Zombie Punitive Force on the fly.

The official website for the 4th and final movie in the 'Persona 3 Movie' film series has updated with a new trailer, key visual, and release date. The 4th film, "Winter of Rebirth" from studio A-1 Pictures, will premiere in Japanese theaters on J...

Re: Hollow Fragment for PS4 gets renewed English translation Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming an English trailer from Japan Expo on Thursday for both the Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment and Sword Art Online Lost Song games.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has released a new trailer and screenshots for Project X Zone 2: Brave New World for Anime/Japan Expo. Veterans Reiji Arisu & Xiaomu from Namco X Capcom make a return, and we are also introduced to a new original charact...

A brand new poster visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of Okayado's Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga series has been revealed in the August issue of popular Japanese magazine NyanType.

We are getting ourselves a new To Love-Ru game for the PlayStation Vita titled To Love-Ru Darkness: True Princess, and now, FuRyu, which develops the game, has announced new details for this new game, including its release date and price, and also...